Nancy Batson Crews [[electronic resource] ] : Alabama's first lady of flight / / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick

• Autore: Rickman Sarah Byrn
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Women air pilots - United States; Air pilots - United States; World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female
• Soggetto geografico: Birmingham (Ala.) Biography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Boys, I've brought you a real lemon -- Daughter of Alabama -- Flight! -- The WAFS -- The best of all jobs -- Women in pursuit -- The question of militarization -- The best and worst of times -- Beyond the war: life goes on -- The pain of change -- Gliding: better than sex! -- Paul and the WASP -- Passing the torch: Radford learns to fly -- California City -- Lake Country estates -- Enhancing the legacy -- Nancy and the planes she ferried -- The reunion -- From Cub to King Air -- Pneumonia, or something worse? -- Terminal -- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame -- Redemption -- Paul Jr.
• Sommario/riassunto: A riveting oral history/biography of a pioneering woman aviator.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nancy Batson Crews
• ISBN: 0-8173-8293-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778821603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fire ant books.